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Charlie Byrne with boyfriend Cameron Boyd. The pair have been together for two years after meeting onlineTimes Photographer Rob Stothard

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Andrew Billen with his wife Lucy and children, Abby, who is now 5, and Orla, now 3Philip Hollis

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Andrew Billen: "For our generation . . . it was still a little embarrassing"Tom Pilston/The Times

Last updated at 12:01AM, June 6 2013

Internet dating leads to longer, happier marriages, a new study shows. Here two writers reveal it worked for them

Dating over 45Andrew Billen

I have heard the argument against online dating is that from behind the
computer screen people will lie about themselves. The 39-year-old singleton,
who likes the occasional glass of wine and enjoys reading literary novels,
is a 49-year-old alcoholic whose library runs from A for Jeffrey Archer to B
for Dan Brown. Or they’re married.

A friend of mine who had been going out with someone she had met online was
showing the site to a friend only to discover his profile was still on it.